Rachel Lamory
Agency & Location
To Rachel, travel is about experiencing the beauty in the world around us. Sometimes the beauty is obvious, like the Rio Celeste in Costa Rica, or the whitewashed yposkafa against the impossibly blue Mediterranean Sea. Sometimes the beauty is something else. An old Albanian couple, all bundled up and walking together through the empty streets of Krujë, or something so ancient but still existing, like the Panagía Kapnikaréa church in Athens or graffiti from the Colosseum, that makes you feel small and in awe of what humans can create.
Travel can inspire you, relax you, thrill you, and open your mind. Sometimes it can make your heart ache with a feeling the Germans probably have a word for.
But it can also be overwhelming.
You know that friend who always finds the most perfect gift? If you work with Rachel, she will be that friend, but with travel. She gets to know her clients through real conversation with genuine curiosity, because no questionnaire can replace actually knowing someone. No two clients are the same to her, and no two trips are either. She takes enormous pride in the relationships she builds, and hopes to be her clients’ advisor for years to come.
Her specialties are Greece and Europe, but she plans luxury travel worldwide because it inspires her and she genuinely loves the research. Rachel works with a small number of clients at a time. The level of care and attention her clients receive requires it.
rev·er·ie (n.) a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.
What if what you daydream about could become your reality?
Most Memorable Travel Experience
This is like asking me to choose my favorite child! Renting a scooter and riding down the entire Amalfi coast, every turn was breathtaking! Leaping off a 33 foot cliff (twice!) at The Caves in Jamaica, when I am afraid of heights. Staying in a glass villa in the jungle of Costa Rica, I swear there were green and blue fireflies! Spending whole days riding around different islands in Greece on ATVs, finding the most hidden spots and beaches. The sky blue waterfall of the Rio Celeste in Costa Rica. The baby monkeys playing at eye level at our plunge pool at Casa Chameleon. Hiking from Fira to Oia along the caldera in Santorini trying to race the setting sun to our indoor/outdoor pool, only to get stuck behind the throngs of people watching the sunset right outside the entrance to our villa. The haunting, towering trees as we wound through the mountains of Albania. Honestly, everywhere I have ever been has given me moments that I can never forget. I can go on and on, but I cannot choose a favorite child!If Your Personality Was Depicted in a Property, Which Would You Be?
If my personality were a property, it would be something like Jade Mountain or a River Pool suite at Canaves Ena... something open to the world. Plus, the juxtaposition of a place being both pristine and immaculate inside, while dissolving into the beautiful, but untamed drama of nature is (admittedly) a very generous way of describing me!Travel Tip
Don't Google where to eat. Wander around, look at the menus, the people, and the food. All of my best meals while traveling have been unplanned and entirely based on vibes.How Do You Define Luxury Travel?
To me, Luxury Travel is defined by the feeling of "I couldn't ask for anything more".